Click Here! As baseball celebrated the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, the stories emerged about the lack of participation of African-Americans in the game – now reportedly, at a little more than seven percent, the lowest ever seen in Major League Baseball since that historic 1947 season. No one has to tell Jimmy Williams…

Click Here! COLUMBUS, Ohio — One more win and the Pittsburgh Penguins sweep their way to the next round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. One more loss for the Columbus Blue Jackets and the best season in franchise history comes to an abrupt end. The Penguins enter Game 4 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series on…

Click Here! LAS VEGAS — A man on a bus headed down the Las Vegas Strip pulled out a handgun and began firing Saturday morning, killing one person and wounding another before he surrendered hours later to police. The unidentified suspect was described by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police as a local resident in his 50s. Assistant Sheriff Tom…

Click Here! New York (dpa) – Representatives of the football ruling bodies in the United States, Mexico and Canada on Monday formally announced plans to bid jointly for the 2026 World Cup. The heads of the organizations said at a news conference in New York that the three North American countries had been discussing the idea of a…

Click Here LAS VEGAS — The good old days of widespread free parking at casinos ended in 2016. Now, with some properties raising those initial fees beginning Wednesday, it’s enough to make you yearn for the halcyon days of last year when parking was just cheaper. MGM Resorts International is again leading the charge — just as it…

SAN FRANCISCO — One day after Buster Posey took a fastball to the helmet, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ best player turned the other cheek. Jeff Samardzija threw a 96.7 mph fastball that drilled Paul Goldschmidt in the hindquarters in the first inning. There were no warnings issued, and no escalation of tensions as Goldschmidt jogged to first…

NFL owners could vote next week at the league meetings on the Oakland Raiders’ proposed move to Las Vegas,. The league meetings begin Sunday in Phoenix and run through March 29. The Raiders need the approval of 24 of 32 owners to relocate to Las Vegas. According to CSN California and CBS Sports, relocation is on…

Click Here! SAN ANTONIO — Things are going to have to change quickly if the Memphis Grizzlies hope to steal home-court advantage away from the San Antonio Spurs in their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series that continues Monday at the AT&T Center. The Spurs took the opening game of the series on Saturday, riding a 19-0 surge…

Click Here! CINCINNATI — How much longer? That’s the question on the minds of many Cincinnati Reds fans going into the 2017 season. While most pundits agree the Reds still are a year or two away from being reasonably close to wrapping up their rebuilding process, there are a few pieces of the puzzle that should fit better…

Click Here! EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University spokesman confirmed that suspended football staff member Curtis Blackwell has had his contract extended until the end of April. ESPN.com reported that Blackwell’s contract was set to expire Friday. The football program’s director of college advancement and performance was suspended with pay Feb. 9, according to university spokesman…